Pet Talk with Vicki Davis

We are very pleased to be a part of the release of the new audio CD by Trout Whisperer. I have read his many articles, but did not realize the intensity, mystique, and quality of his storytelling until I heard him speak...

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Learning to uses the small boat for me was like a duck taking to water. Stable craft and stealthy in the respect that I could float up on waterfowl when hunting or nestle up to a sunken log when fishing. You need to be on more stable substrate when disembarking. Boarding is nothing more than lowering you, inside the hold...

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Whether flushing a pheasant or grouse from the bush or retrieving a duck from a slough, few things are as enjoyable as watching a hunting dog at work. These are the moments that truly reveal a dog’s training and character Unfortunately, dogs can also sometimes cause safety concerns...

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An individual dog owner or trainer can release pen-raised birds outside of proclaimed hunting seasons, but only as prescribed by Department rules and regulations...

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CO Mark Fredin (Aurora, MN) ran a license check on what appeared to be an  abandoned fish house on a northern Minnesota lake. The check showed that the  fish house, which belonged to a 92-year-old man, may have been stolen more than  20 years ago from southern Minnesota. 18 more exciting stories...

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From ducks to deer, the 2007 fall seasons should put a smile on the faces of hunters young and old...

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As you return to the fields this fall, if last year’s numbers are any indication, there's a good chance that at some point you'll find yourself hunting on the other side of a triangular yellow sign that designates the Private Land Open to Sportsmen or PLOTS program...

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For a mid December Saturday the county roads will be not be plowed until way past noon.  We're going to have a white Christmas. I call my neighbor Bill and see if he wants to do some snowshoeing back to my shack and see if we can shoot some rabbits...

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Sometimes an idea grows about like a dandelion. It’s not always a flash of light, and poof your suddenly thunderstruck with, ah ha -I got it.,,

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For almost a decade, migratory bird hunters have had to get HIP. No, not the “hip,” that loosely means “aware” or “fashionable” according the Webster’s Dictionary, but HIP, as in registered with the Harvest Information Program...

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I was seated in a Small quiet café with a thick heavy woolen socks Scandinavian flavor. This is a very small town. It’s so close to the Canadian border they have an exchange rate for your coffee cup, and it’s a good one...

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Technology has improved hunting and fishing. But some pieces of equipment, such as cell phones and two-way radios, can become illegal if misused. What is the state law on the use of such communications devices?

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In the mid-1980s video games were just taking off, and thankfully the quarter required pay to play was not really easy to pry out of my dad's pocket. Because of that, friends and school activities were the primary diversions that kept me from outdoor activities...

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Under another proposal which has been making news across the nation, the Rocky Mountain wolf population is a candidate for delisting. The boundary for this population  extends to Montana’s eastern border. Listing status outside this area would not change, so if the proposal goes through...

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This is the 17th set-up and I have seen zip. This is going to be my last for the day. I have snow shoed so far my legs are stiff. Lying in the cold is getting to me.   Brown ribbons where the tractors do not plow surround the fields like a fence, god made it out of cattails. I have a perch with a very wide country view...

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